Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Yearn
Yearned as the parched land for summer’s rain.
—Anonymous
Yearn’d as the captive toiling at escape.
—Lord Byron
Yearning, like the first fierce impulse into crime.
—Thomas Hood
Yearning, like a swallow in the void.
—Trumbull Stickney
Yearning as with child of death.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne